Leviticus 15:21:5Lev.15.21.W5TAB
וְרָחַ֥ץ
vehrakhats
“bathe”
- Transliteration
- veh-ra-KHATS
- Extended
- veh-ra-KHATS
- IPA
- /vəraˈħats/
Meaning by language
- English
- bathe
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tsade Sofit | final form of Tsade — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
veh-ra-KHATS
- phraseyour reading level
veh-ra-KHATS bam-MA-YEEM
- clause
yeh-kha-BES beh-GAH-DAAV veh-ra-KHATS bam-MA-YEEM veh-ta-MEH ahd-ha-AA-rev
- sentence
veh-khohl-ha-noh-geh-AH beh-mish-KAH-VAH yeh-kha-BES beh-GAH-DAAV veh-ra-KHATS bam-MA-YEEM veh-ta-MEH ahd-ha-AA-rev
Exegesis
The sequence yekhabbes {יְכַבֵּס | yə-ḵabbēs} ‘he shall wash’ (imperfect) and verachats {וְרָחַץ | wə-rā-ḥaṣ} ‘and he shall bathe’ (perfect) lays out prescriptive actions, with English modals conveying obligation.
In context — Leviticus 15:21
And anyone who touches her bed must wash his clothes and bathe in water, and he will remain unclean until evening.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 15:21:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Leviticus 15:21, so the Hebrew word וְרָחַ֥ץ (vehrakhats) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Lev.15.21.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.15.21.W5.S1) and character.